Senses
1. prostitute / harlot — A woman who engages in sexual acts for payment or as a profession; used both literally of actual prostitutes and figuratively of spiritual unfaithfulness (as in Revelation's 'great harlot'). Consistently translated across languages: Spanish 'ramera/prostituta', Hindi 'veshya' (वेश्या), Arabic 'zaniya' (زَانِيَة), Korean 'changnyeo' (창녀) and 'eumnyeo' (음녀), Swahili 'kahaba'. The three clusters are merely singular case inflections, plural forms, and a genitive construction of the identical lexical sense. 12×
AR["الزَّواني","الزَّوَانِي","الزّانيَةَ","الزّانيَةُ","زانيَةَ","زانيَةُ","زانيَةِ","زانِيَةٍ","زواني","زَانِيَة"]·ben["বেশ্যা","বেশ্যাকে","বেশ্যাদের","বেশ্যার","বেশ্যার-সাথে,","বেশ্যারা"]·DE["Hure","πορνῶν","πόρναι"]·EN["PROSTITUTES","of-prostitute","prostitute","prostitutes"]·FR["prostituée"]·heb["הַזּוֹנָה","הַזּוֹנוֹת","זוֹנָה","זוֹנוֹת"]·HI["वेश्या","वेश्या,","वेश्या-का","वेश्या-के","वेश्या-को","वेश्याएं","वेश्याओं","वेश्याओं-की"]·ID["PELACUR-PELACUR","pelacur","pelacur,","perempuan-sundal"]·IT["pornai","pornon","prostituta"]·jav["SUNDEL","sundel","sundel,","sundèl","wanita-tuna-susila","wanita-tunasusila","wanita-tunasusila,"]·KO["기생-이,","음녀-의","음녀가","음녀들-의","음녀를","창녀-의","창녀는","창녀들과","창녀들은","창녀들이","창녀에게"]·PT["PROSTITUTAS","de-prostituta","prostituta","prostitutas"]·RU["БЛУДНИЦ","блудница","блудница,","блудницами","блуднице,","блудницу","блудницы"]·ES["RAMERAS","de-prostituta","prostituta","ramera","rameras"]·SW["MAKAHABA,","kahaba","kahaba,","makahaba","ninyi","viungo-vya-kahaba","wanawatangulia"]·TR["FAHİŞELERİN","fahise","fahiselerle","fahisřeler","fahişe","fahişeden","fahişenin","fahişeyi","o-","uzuvları"]·urd["فاحشاؤں-کی","فاحشائیں","فاحشوں-کے","فاحشہ","فاحشہ-سے","فاحشہ-کا","فاحشہ-کی","فاحشہ-کے","فاحشہ٬"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
πόρν-η, ἡ, harlot, prostitute, Refs 7th c.BC+ because Greek prostitutes were commonly bought slaves.)